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US Federal Reserve cuts over night interest rates by 75 basis points

19 March 2008 at 14:58

THE US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by 75 basis points to bring down the overnight rates to 2.25 in the FOMC meeting held on Tuesday. Prior to that on Friday there was a cut in the rate of interest by 25 basis points in the wake of the resc

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Tax targets go up only to face low collection level

19 March 2008 at 14:56

New Delhi, Mar 17 In this world nothing is certain but for death and taxes, it is said. But collecting a part of these taxes, estimated at close to Rs 1 lakh crore, is proving to be full of uncertainties for tax authorities. The revenue department ha

Posted in Income Tax | 2721 Views

Guideline for the Members of ICAI relating to Bank Audit

17 March 2008 at 17:38

RBI policy of rotation and resting for statutory branch auditors which was applicable to 17 centres viz., Mumbai, Kolapur, Pune, Solapur, Thane, Kolkata, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi/New Delhi, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Kota, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara

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One Lakh Companies lost their registration

16 March 2008 at 23:24

Date 15.03.2008 One Lakh Companies lost their registrationThe government has cancelled the registration of over one lakh Companies for failing to file annual returns, Parliament was informed on Friday. There were about 7,43,628 Companies registe

Posted in Corporate Law | 3 comments | 10749 Views

Clarification of amendment in Penalty for concealment provisions

16 March 2008 at 23:14

In view of the apprehension raised on the retrospective amendment to section 271 of the Income-tax Act, proposed in the Finance Bill, 2008, empowering the assessing officer to, inter-alia, levy penalty in case of concealment of income, the Ministry o

Posted in Income Tax | 4503 Views

Financing of LOAN WAIVER

16 March 2008 at 11:11

FINANCING THE FARM LOAN WAIVER PACKAGE 18:59 ISTFollowing is the text of the statement on Financing the Farm Loan Waiver Package made by Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram in Lok Sabha today.1. In my budget speech before the House, I had an

Posted in Income Tax | 3807 Views

Auditors recommended for appointment in Public Sector Bank 07 08

14 March 2008 at 19:12

Satutory Branch Auditors recommended for appointment in Public Sector Bank 07-08Information relating to allocation of auditors/audit firms to various public sector banks for the year 2007-08 is hosted on the web-site of RBI. While forwarding names of

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The Next-may be Biometric PAN cards

14 March 2008 at 11:46

Security concerns and duplication of the PAN cards are reasonswhich have prompted the government to look at introducing biometric PANcards. The government is worried that terrorists can easily get a PANcard and open bank accounts or get a mobile conn

Posted in Income Tax | 2 comments | 5868 Views

ICAI plans to create country's largest online test platform

12 March 2008 at 18:57

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is set torevolutionize its examination system for students. The objective partof the common proficiency test (CPT), read entrance exam, will beconducted online. Not only that, it can be taken any

Posted in Career | 2 comments | 5049 Views

No Charge for Balance Enquiry through ATM

12 March 2008 at 12:33

RBI/2007-2008/260DPSS No.1405 / 02.10.02 / 2007-2008March 10, 2008The Chairman / Chief Executive Officer(All Scheduled commercial banks including RRBs)Dear SirCustomer charges for use of ATMs for cash withdrawal and balance enquiry1.Automated Teller

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